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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator cry when arriving in town?
(a) Because of her pain.
(b) Because of the beauty of the coast.
(c) Because of allergies.
(d) Because of her cancer medication.

2. What was the narrator's profession before retiring?
(a) Housewife.
(b) College professor.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Dock worker.

3. What injury does Bheki's friend have following the crash?
(a) Cuts on his legs.
(b) Head wound.
(c) Broken arm.
(d) Bruises on his arms and legs.

4. What does Mr. Vercueil do after being beaten?
(a) He sleeps.
(b) He stops drinking.
(c) He goes to the hospital.
(d) He leaves.

5. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do after speaking with the police?
(a) To send Bheki's friend home.
(b) To go rent a good movie.
(c) To prepare cocoa for everyone.
(d) To go home.

6. Who does the narrator want to bring with Florence and her?
(a) The dog.
(b) Mr. Vercueil.
(c) Florence's daughters.
(d) Her lawyer.

7. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?
(a) Her sister.
(b) A homeless woman.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) A homeless man.

8. Who follows Mr. Vercueil into the narrator's house?
(a) A woman.
(b) A cat.
(c) A friend of his.
(d) Two dogs.

9. How does the narrator sign the letter she writes to her housekeeper?
(a) J.K.
(b) P.N.
(c) E.C.
(d) A.H.

10. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil when she wakes?
(a) On the kitchen floor.
(b) On the guest bed.
(c) On the couch.
(d) On the front porch.

11. Why does Florence bring Bheki back to the house?
(a) She does not want to be involved with the police.
(b) She is sought by police.
(c) Her son could be fined.
(d) She does not have insurance.

12. Why does Vercueil say the narrator should tell her daughter about her cancer?
(a) Because she needs all the support she can get.
(b) Because she could have a visa for the U.S.A.
(c) Because if her daughter finds out later she would never forgive the narrator.
(d) Because her daughter is married to an oncologist.

13. Why did the housekeeper bring her son to the narrator's house?
(a) The bus broke down.
(b) It is after 5 p.m.
(c) It is vacation time.
(d) The school is closed.

14. Who tries to intervene when Mr. Vercueil is being beaten?
(a) The police.
(b) Florence.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Concerned neighbors.

15. What does the narrator want to do before being discouraged from doing so by Florence?
(a) Bring Bheki to the police.
(b) File a complaint about the police.
(c) Call the mayor's office.
(d) Bring Bheki to a white doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ethnicity of the narrator?

2. What does Florence say the police do to black boys who are not in school?

3. What does Mr. Vercueil do with the little girls?

4. What does the narrator say about the media?

5. What disease is the narrator diagnosed with?

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